News Links

Interested in what’s happening around the country regarding wet weather?  These links will provide you with some of the latest news on the issue.  For local news articles, visit our In the News section. 

• EPA Issues Guidance for Cities on Managing Sewer Overflows with Green Infrastructure (BloombergView, March 10, 2014)
• Hydro Hubs (U.S. Water Alliance, November 7, 2013)
• Antibiotics Creating Resistant Bacteria in Urban Sewers (Red Orbit, September 20, 2013)
• Columbia, SC agrees to major sewer system upgrades (U.S. Department of Justice, September 10, 2013)
• Miami-Dade agrees to $1.6B sewer system upgrade (WaterWorld, June 10, 2013)
• One Climate Change Era Growth Industry: Giant Sewer Balloons (The Atlantic Cities, May 17, 2013)
• Sewers overflow 524.9 million gallons to waterways last week (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 22, 2013)
• Seattle and King County, Wash. Agree to Upgrade Combined Stormwater Systems to Protect Local Waters from Raw Sewage Overflows / City and county combined sewer overflows expected to drop by up to 99% by 2030 (EPA, April 16, 2013)

• Portland, with high water and sewer rates, needs to contain capital spending (The Oregonian, April 13, 2013)
• Atlanta’s permit violations continue to harm South River (CrossRoadsNews, April 5, 2013)
• MMSD's deep tunnels prevented nearly 50 sewer overflows to waterways (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 6, 2013)
• Why Rivers No Longer Burn (Slate News, December 10, 2012)
• City hopeful of six-month extension to finalize plan to correct sewer overflows (Evansville Courier-Press, November 16, 2012)
• PSU study finds “caffeinated” coastal waters: possible sources include sewer overflows, septic tanks (Tillamook Headlight Herald.com, July 23, 2012)
• New wastewater discharge permit requires 'green infrastructure' (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 22, 2012)
• Ohio River: The place for a plunge? (Cincinnati.com, July 19, 2012)
• Portland council approves stormwater fee plan to offset $170M in sewer system upgrades (BDN, July 2, 2012)
• Stormwater fee could help pay for upgrades (Portland Press Herald, July 2, 2012)
• Sewerage Proposal Allows 6 Overflows (JS Online, June 24, 2012)
• EPA Allows Changes in Permits, Plans, Orders in Approach to Sewer, Stormwater Overflows (Bloomberg BNA, June 5, 2012)
• Council begins review of proposed wastewater, sewer fee (Portland Daily Sun, June 5, 2012)
• Risk-based lateral inspection replacement program pays unexpected dividends (WaterWorld, June 5, 2012)
• Portland City Council considers storm-water fee hike (The Forecaster, June 5, 2012)
• Coming Full Circle on plan to clean Seattle's waters (Crosscut, May 25, 2012)
• Seattle's clean-water settlement: Worst pollution would get priority (The Seattle Times, May 19, 2012)
• MMSD reports no combined sewer overflows (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 7, 2012)
• MMSD says no wastewater in lake, but south side sewer overflow after storms (Newsradio 620, May 7, 2012)
• The Potomac River, in good health and bad (Washington Post, May 2, 2012)
• Task force hears Dudley projects updates (The Boston - Bay State Banner, May 3, 2012)
• Council eyes 11% sewer rate increase (News-Press Now, St. Joseph, MO, May 1, 2012)
• Dredging Flushing Bay could cost $50 million (New York Daily News, February 14, 2012)
• Peorians could see increase in sewer rates (Peoria Journal Star, February 13, 2012)